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A national-level chair umpire in the Dominican Republic, Juan Gabriel Castro, was suspended for six years and fined $6rioriches7,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Monday for manipulating scoring during matches to help someone who was placing bets. (More Tennis News)

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The ITIA said Castro was found to have committed 12 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program across three matches.

Castro did not respond to the ITIA's notice of charge. He was accused of having “manipulated scoring entry to contrive the scorecard and facilitate corruption.”

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Someone who doesn't respond to the ITIA's investigative process can be found guilty of a “deemed sanction” and then have 10 business days to appeal. Castro did not appeal.

He has been provisionally suspended since last Novemberrioriches7, so his ban will end in November 2030.